Bob Hope Agrees To Sell His Land To Parks Agency

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April 20, 1990

LOS ANGELES — Entertainer Bob Hope signed an agreement Thursday to transfer about 5,700 acres of mountain property in Southern California to a parks agency for a below-market cost of $20 million. The deal breaks an impasse between Hope, the largest private landowner in the Santa Monica Mountains, and negotiators for a 10-year effort to form a national park preserve within the range. Hope's agreement with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy preserves 4,369 acres in the mountains as a public park and wildlife corridor. The deal also kills plans for a golf course and country club.